John Legend

What are John Legend's films like?

Across their 37 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch John Legend's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 32 of their 44 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (11).

• Netflix11 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021) · actor
  • Neal Brennan: 3 Mics (2017) · producer
  • Selma (2014) · songs
  • Ask the StoryBots (2016) · actor
  • Master of None (2015) · actor
  • Giving Voice (2020) · producer
  • Rhythm + Flow (2019) · actor, producer
  • Monster (2018) · producer
  • Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (2020) · producer
  • Whose Vote Counts, Explained (2020) · actor
  • Between Two Ferns: The Movie (2019) · actor
• HBO Max9 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000) · actor
  • 40 Years a Prisoner (2020) · producer
  • United Skates (2018) · producer
  • 1000% Me: Growing Up Mixed (2023) · producer
  • Southern Rites (2015) · producer
  • The Legend of the Underground (2021) · producer
  • Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children (2020) · producer
  • Stand Up & Shout: Songs from a Philly High School (2023) · producer
  • Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021) · songs
• Disney+3 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • The Simpsons (1989) · actor
  • Beauty and the Beast (2017) · songs
  • Just Wright (2010) · actor
• Hulu3 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • This Is Us (2016) · actor
  • The Simpsons (1989) · actor
  • Sherman's Showcase (2019) · actor
• Paramount+3 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • This Is Us (2016) · actor
  • The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage! (2019) · writer
  • Soul Men (2008) · actor
• Prime Video3 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • A Crime on the Bayou (2020) · producer
  • Soul Men (2008) · actor
  • Coming 2 America (2021) · actor
• Tubi3 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Soul Men (2008) · actor · free
  • Just Wright (2010) · actor · free
  • Coming 2 America (2021) · actor · free
• Pluto TV2 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Selma (2014) · songs · free
  • Southside with You (2016) · producer, composer · free
• The Roku Channel1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • A Crime on the Bayou (2020) · producer · free

Subscription and free streaming for John Legend's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

58 credits, 44 with a MovieCove page; 137 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

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  Tapis Rouge Gala Des Pièces Rouge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

  Actor
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  We Dare to Dream(2023)

  Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films79^th
• 

  Stand Up & Shout: Songs from a Philly High School(2023)

  Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)~43^rd
• The Philly Sound... Heard 'Round the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

  Executive Producer · as Self
• 

  1000% Me: Growing Up Mixed(2023)

  Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films65^th
• 

  Loudmouth(2022)

  Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films17^th
• 

  Racist Trees(2022)

  Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)~79^th
• 

  Citizen Ashe(2021)

  Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films76^th
• 

  Monster(2018)

  Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films65^th
• 

  Space Jam: A New Legacy(2021)

  Songs

  Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films10^th
• 

  A Crime on the Bayou(2020)

  Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films66^th
• 

  The Legend of the Underground(2021)

  Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films55^th
• 

  The Mitchells vs. the Machines(2021)

  as Jim Posey (voice)

  Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films96^th
• 

  Coming 2 America(2021)

  Songs · as John Legend

  Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films21^st
• 

  Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey(2020)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films62^nd
• 

  With Drawn Arms (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

  Executive Producer
• 

  Whose Vote Counts, Explained(2020)

  Show 1 episode · as Narrator (voice)

  Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows53^rd
• 

  Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

  as Charles Jefferson
• 

  ACM Presents: Our Country (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

  Actor
• 

  Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children(2020)

  Show 5 episodes · Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows54^th
• 

  40 Years a Prisoner(2020)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films88^th
• 

  Giving Voice(2020)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films75^th
• 

  The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!(2019)

  Musical · Songs

  Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films89^th
• 

  Rhythm + Flow(2019)

  Show 10 episodes · Executive Producer · as Self

  Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows65^th
• 

  Between Two Ferns: The Movie(2019)

  as John Legend

  Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films44^th
• 

  Sherman's Showcase(2019)

  Show 2 episodes · as John Legend · as John Legend / Duke Ellington

  Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows55^th
• 

  A Legendary Christmas with John and Chrissy(2018)

  Composer · Executive Producer · as Self

  Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films53^rd
• 

  Crow: The Legend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

  Executive Producer · as Crow (voice)
• 

  Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert(2018)

  Executive Producer · as Jesus Christ

  Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films91^st
• 

  United Skates(2018)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films87^th
• 

  Beauty and the Beast(2017)

  Songs

  Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films80^th
• 

  Fifty Shades Darker(2017)

  Songs

  Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films19^th
• 

  Neal Brennan: 3 Mics(2017)

  Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films94^th
• 

  La La Land(2016)

  Executive Producer · as Keith

  Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films97^th
• 

  This Is Us(2016)

  Show 1 episode · as John Legend

  Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows98^th
• 

  Southside with You(2016)

  Executive Music Producer · Executive Producer · Songs

  Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films64^th
• 

  Ask the StoryBots(2016)

  Show 1 episode · Actor

  Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows91^st
• 

  Underground(2016)

  Show 20 episodes · Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows78^th
• 

  Master of None(2015)

  Show 1 episode · as John Legend

  Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows91^st
• 

  Breaking Through (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

  Executive Producer
• 

  Southern Rites(2015)

  Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films60^th
• 

  Selma(2014)

  Songs

  Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films93^rd
• 

  12 Years a Slave(2013)

  Songs

  Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films99^th
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  The House I Live In(2012)

  Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films97^th
• 

  The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

  as Duke Ellington (voice)
• 

  Just Wright(2010)

  as John Legend (uncredited)

  Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films48^th
• 

  Royal Pains(2009)

  Show 1 episode · Actor

  Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows58^th
• 

  Soul Men(2008)

  as Marcus Hooks

  Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films56^th
• 

  Loverboy(2005)

  as Memphis Parking Lot Donor

  Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films23^rd
• 

  Janet Jackson: From Janet. To Damita Jo: The Videos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

  Musical
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  Las Vegas(2003)

  Show 1 episode · as John Legend

  Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all shows70^th
• 

  VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

  Show 1 episode · Actor
• 

  American Dreams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

  Show 1 episode · as Stevie Wonder
• 

  Curb Your Enthusiasm(2000)

  Show 1 episode · as John Legend

  Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows98^th
• 

  Later... with Jools Holland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

  Show 3 episodes · Actor
• 

  The Simpsons(1989)

  Show 1 episode · as John Legend (voice)

  Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows96^th
• Phantom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

  Producer
• The Road Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

  as Harry Belafonte

Career shape

Star power in the 91^st percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 55 titles, 53 of them dated from 1989 to 2025; peak year 2017.

Biggest box office

La La Land (2016)

$523M worldwide

Highest rated

La La Land (2016)

Midcredits 97^th

Awards

an Oscar, a Primetime Emmy, a Golden Globe and 14 other major awards from 46 major nominations, 2006–2026.

1. 2026
   • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Gospel Performance/Song
2. 2025
   • Grammy Award, won · Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
   • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Children's Music Album
3. 2023
   • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Rap Performance
   • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Rap Song
4. 2021
   • Grammy Award, won · Best R&B Album
   • Grammy Award, nominated · Best R&B Performance
   • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
5. 2020
   • Grammy Award, won · Best Rap/Sung Performance
   • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
6. 2019
   • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Musical Theater Album
   • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actor in a Movie Made for Television or Limited Series
7. 2018
   • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
   • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
8. 2016
   • Grammy Award, won · Best Song Written for Visual Media
   • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Rap Song
   • Grammy Award, nominated ×2 · Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do John Legend's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 66^th percentile, the median of all 32; across their 33 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 73^rd percentile for acclaim.

Shape of the crowd

13 of their 44 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

861313

• Universally Loved8
• Divisive6
• Cult Classic2
• Crowd Pleaser13
• Broadly Agreed2
• Mixed13

Most divisive · producer

Stand Up & Shout: Songs from a Philly High School (2023)

98^th percentile spread · 44% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor, producer

La La Land (2016)

Midcredits 97^th · 84% liked

Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 12 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 51. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is John Legend's work okay for kids?

Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and sex & nudity run lighter than most films.

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does John Legend work with?

People who share at least 2 of John Legend's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Mike Jackson shares the most, 18.